Monmouth man arrested for local thefts

A tip to local law enforcement has yielded the arrest of an out-of-county resident wanted for burglary and theft, as well as other alleged crimes in Warren County.

Michael D. Brewer, 40, of Monmouth was arrested following an investigation spurred by a recent Macomb Area Crime Stoppers tip, according to a news release.

Authorities from the Macomb Police Department and McDonough County Sheriff's Office recovered a Blue Holland Tractor from rural Monmouth. The tractor — valued at more than $13,000 — was apparently stolen from the Lakeview Nature Center on Spring Lake Road in Macomb on Dec. 13 of last year.

In addition to the Lakeview burglary, police believe Brewer was behind the theft of a mailbox on Tower Road and another possible burglary in Macomb.

The investigation continues, according to police, and more arrests are pending.

MPD and sheriff's investigators were assisted by officers from the Monmouth Police Department and deputies from the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.